Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 892 m in North Carolina. Ogle Ridge stands 1,664 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31625566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 892 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 10.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 11 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 12 mi
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 12 mi
- Craggy Gardens · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Panther Knob: 1.0 mi
- Broomstraw Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sam Doane Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sally Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 5.3 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 6.6 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 9.6 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 9.7 mi
- Lincoln Park: 9.9 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 9.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 10.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.5 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 11.9 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 12.0 mi
- Moye Rest: 8.2 mi
- Otway Burns: 9.6 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.5 mi
- Friends: 9.5 mi
- Stream: 9.5 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 9.5 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 9.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 9.5 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
- McElroy House: 9.5 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 9.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 13.2 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 13.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 13.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 15.7 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 17.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 5.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 7.8 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 14.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 18.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 19.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.3 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 12.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 15.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 17.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 13.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 15.1 mi
- Overlook Access: 22.9 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 23.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 21.4 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 14.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogle Ridge | ESE 120° | 1,664 m | 6.6 mi |
| Coxcomb Mountain | SE 127° | 1,655 m | 6.2 mi |
| Licklog Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,570 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blue Knob | ESE 106° | 1,497 m | 6.8 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | NNW 341° | 1,492 m | 6.2 mi |
| High Knob | E 100° | 1,489 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SE 131° | 1,478 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | N 10° | 1,454 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnsville AG, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020514 — Grassy Knob, Madison County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807496
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- Asheville · 21 mi
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